Tarsier-Like Early Primate Was Size of Mouse (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Tarsier-Like Early Primate Was Size of Mouse

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Teilhardina brandti likely resembled a modern tarsier, a small primate native to Southeast Asia. A lower jaw from a tarsier is pictured at top with a lower jaw from Teilhardina brandti for comparison.

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Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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